When brought into effect it will alter the laws of succession to the British throne.

His housing history shows how the laws of succession under rent regulation benefit more than one generation in a family.

She advised the dismayed king to keep the matter secret, continue pressing for a change in the law of succession.

All this depended on the fact that the Romans were for the first time in the law of succession experiencing an 'open' system.

She knew something of the laws of succession, but it did not occur to her to apply them to herself.

A written law of succession was also introduced which only allowed the oldest legitimate son to inherit.

Laws of succession dictate that the president pro tempore is next in line.

The government's stated position was that "The changes to the laws of succession do not require a constitutional amendment.

However, the differing laws of succession in each kingdom leave open the possibility that the two lands may eventually become separate.

Since there are no males left in the family, the house is considered extinct due to the Salic law of succession.

The laws of succession might be worth knowing, also, to explain how a reigning sultan could have older brothers.

By the Law of Succession I am the regent now.

How, to put the question more broadly, might they have affected the shape of the Roman law of succession as a whole?

The law of succession of the family is agnatic primogeniture.

"Yes, but that law of succession is the only thing holding the Widow back," said Katerina.

The rule of primogeniture, the court found, was central to the customary law of succession.

Probate law and the law of succession need not follow the criminal law.

"This outrage was committed because the old laws of succession encouraged it," Brian said in an impassioned voice.

Her son, Prince Hisahito, is the third in line to the throne under the current law of succession.

Their rights in land were heritable according to Muslim and Hindu laws of succession.

Has the Government really thought through its plans to change the laws of succession, asks Charles Moore.

In South Africa, the law of succession prescribes the rules which determine what ought to happen to a person's estate after his or her death.

According to the law of succession which he had promulgated, the oldest male member of the royal house was to succeed.

The Holy Roman Empire had no fixed law of succession.

The French, however, invoked the Salic law of succession and rejected his claim.